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[quote=Anonymous]I realize this may be a moot point since everybody seems to be fiercely defending their choices in their corners. I feel strongly that parents can share their personal experiences and reasons if they so choose, but generalizing about decisions of all public school parents, all charter parents, all private parents, or all parents of certain backgrounds isn't just unhelpful, but it is not ever accurate.  It would help everybody (not to mention the kids, who overhear adults saying these things and say them to each other at sports, camps etc -- the things my child has come home saying other kids have said is not good). Anyway - as a parent who has enrolled her rising 6th grader at EH, I don't need to read all these posts about 'all people who send their kids to DCPS middles are sacrificing their kids, holier than thou, and will supplement, etc'. I do not generalize about all of the families who choose to go charter or private, I know families make their decisions for a variety of reasons. We did not strike out in the lottery, we did not do the lottery, nor did many of my child's classmates. Based on conversations we have had with current families at the middle school, and learning about the programs, clubs, etc - we chose this school intentionally. My son has done well with strong teachers during the past 8 years, and despite there being a range of scores/grade levels in his classes in later elementary, his teachers were still able to meet and push students from different levels. I know not every teacher will be perfect and some may struggle more with the differentiation, but I also know that as a child in a sought after public school district in IL, I had some less than stellar teachers, it happens everywhere.
Anyway - again this will probably not change the tone on this forum, but it would be great if we could all be genuinely interested in all of the students and schools instead of pitting people/schools against each other. [/quote]

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